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Crime Statistics <br />The Department reports crime statistics to the Texas Department of Public Safety who <br />reports to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The manner in which these statistics are <br />reported is through a program referred to as the Uniform Crime Report, Type 1 offenses. <br />The UCR tracks the 'top' 7 categories of crime. <br />Arrests <br />Our custodial arrests increased in 2010. Officers made a total of 2,678 adult arrests in <br />2010, up from 2,519 arrests in 2009. Unfortunately, these arrests also included an increase <br />in juvenile arrests which totaled 134, 16 more than the 118 juveniles arrested in 2009. <br />Calls for Service <br />The department manages the Public Safety Answering Point for Paris and Lamar <br />County. Anytime a person in this county dials 9-1-1, a Paris Police dispatcher answers that <br />call. Depending on the situation, our dispatchers will dispatch police, fire and EMS for the <br />city, EMS and initial dispatch of 1St Responders and Volunteer Fire Departments for Lamar <br />County. After the initial dispatch, these calls are handed over to the Lamar County SherifFs <br />Office for the remainder of the call. The only 9-1-1 call we do not dispatch is a need for law <br />4 <br />123 <br />In 2010, a substantial drop in thefts and other decreases in robbery and rape provided a <br />total 5.33% decrease in the overall crime rate for the city. <br />